IT capability is a complex construct and has been in the past conceptualised as managerial capabilities or as technological capabilities (Zhang et al., 2008a). Recently, researchers have proposed a more integrative view of IT capability, suggesting that it is composed of technical skills and information technologies within the firm (i.e. the technology components), as well as the managerial resources (e.g. Bharadwaj et al., 1999; Bharadwaj, 2000; Bhatt & Grover, 2005).  Bharadwaj et al. (1999) define IT capability as a firm’s ability to acquire, deploy, and leverage its IT-related resources in combination with other resources and capabilities in order to achieve business objectives, and suggest that the IT capability construct is composed of six underlying dimensions (pp. 379–381). They are IT business partnerships, external IT linkages, business IT strategic thinking, IT business process integration, IT management and IT infrastructure.